Name: Little Edo Kawagoe 3hr Walking Tour
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Price: 13 USD
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Just one train from central Tokyo lies a town that feels like a different century. Kawagoe — nicknamed "Little Edo" for its remarkably preserved Edo-period streetscape — is one of the most rewarding half-day trips from Tokyo, and this guided walking tour brings its highlights together in a single, easy-to-follow itinerary. The tour begins at Ikebukuro Station's Tobu Line South Gate, where your guide meets you for the short train journey to Kawagoe, arriving around 10:45 AM. From there, you'll explore the town's most iconic sites on foot. Start at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, beloved for its wind chime tunnel displays and long-standing reputation as a shrine for matchmaking and relationships. Continue to the Toki no Kane — the Time Bell Tower — Kawagoe's most photographed landmark, which has marked the hours for the town for more than 350 years. Next, visit Kita-in Temple, famous for its collection of hundreds of unique stone statues, each with its own expression and pose, and for its historical connection to Tokyo's original Edo Castle — several of the temple's structures were relocated from the castle itself. The tour continues to the Kawagoe Festival Museum, showcasing the elaborately decorated floats used in the Kawagoe Hikawa Festival, one of Japan's most celebrated float festivals and a UNESCO-recognised cultural tradition. From there, explore Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Goten, one of the few remaining feudal-era castle structures in the entire Kanto region, before passing Kawagoe Kumano Shrine and strolling along the famous Kurazukuri warehouse streets — rows of black clay-walled merchant buildings dating back centuries.

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Little Edo Kawagoe 3hr Walking Tour

Discover Tokyo’s best-kept historical secret. Join our 3-hour small-group tour of Kawagoe ("Little Edo") to explore ancient samurai connections at Kita-in, the historic warehouse streets, and the beautiful wind-chime tunnels of Hikawa Shrine.

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Little Edo Kawagoe 3hr Walking Tour

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